2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/22/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 2 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Florida State | 9 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 7 | Kent State | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Virginia | 9 | 11 | 141 | 12.82 | 0 | 1.2 | 15.7 |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.5 |
| 11 | BYU | 9 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.6 |
| 13 | Iowa | 9 | 11 | 157 | 14.27 | 0 | 1.2 | 17.4 |
| 14 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 15 | Georgia | 8 | 8 | 115 | 14.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| 16 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 17 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 9 | 13 | 206 | 15.85 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.9 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 9 | 13 | 210 | 16.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.3 |
| 20 | Duke | 8 | 11 | 180 | 16.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.5 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 9 | 12 | 200 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.2 |
| 22 | Florida | 9 | 6 | 102 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 22 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 24 | Purdue | 8 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.9 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 9 | 14 | 243 | 17.36 | 0 | 1.6 | 27.0 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 8 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
| 27 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 27 | Arizona State | 9 | 18 | 315 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 9 | 19 | 335 | 17.63 | 0 | 2.1 | 37.2 |
| 30 | Cincinnati | 9 | 12 | 213 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 8 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.1 |
| 32 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.7 |
| 33 | Delaware | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 33 | FIU | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 33 | Washington State | 4 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 33 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 37 | San Jose State | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 38 | Tulsa | 2 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 39 | Louisville | 8 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| 40 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 41 | Missouri | 8 | 19 | 352 | 18.53 | 0 | 2.4 | 44.0 |
| 42 | Oregon | 10 | 13 | 241 | 18.54 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.1 |
| 43 | California | 9 | 26 | 487 | 18.73 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.1 |
| 44 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 44 | Wake Forest | 8 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 44 | Missouri State | 2 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 2 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.0 |
| 48 | Minnesota | 9 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.6 |
| 49 | Indiana | 8 | 16 | 309 | 19.31 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.6 |
| 50 | Texas | 8 | 14 | 272 | 19.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.0 |
| 51 | Oklahoma | 8 | 13 | 253 | 19.46 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.6 |
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 54 | TCU | 10 | 24 | 478 | 19.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 47.8 |
| 55 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 25 | 503 | 20.12 | 0 | 3.1 | 62.9 |
| 57 | Kansas | 9 | 13 | 262 | 20.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.1 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.2 |
| 59 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 60 | Ole Miss | 8 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| 61 | Texas A&M | 7 | 12 | 248 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.4 |
| 62 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 13.0 |
| 63 | SMU | 9 | 25 | 522 | 20.88 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.0 |
| 64 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 65 | UCF | 9 | 7 | 148 | 21.14 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.4 |
| 66 | UNLV | 1 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.0 |
| 67 | Michigan | 9 | 8 | 170 | 21.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.9 |
| 68 | Arkansas | 7 | 6 | 128 | 21.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.3 |
| 68 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.0 |
| 70 | Iowa State | 9 | 34 | 726 | 21.35 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.7 |
| 71 | North Carolina | 9 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.1 |
| 71 | Toledo | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 73 | Baylor | 10 | 23 | 495 | 21.52 | 1 | 2.3 | 49.5 |
| 74 | Utah | 9 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| 75 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 152 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.0 |
| 76 | Colorado | 9 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.1 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 77 | Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 79 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 16 | 355 | 22.19 | 1 | 1.8 | 39.4 |
| 80 | Boston College | 8 | 14 | 311 | 22.21 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.9 |
| 81 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.4 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 9 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.4 |
| 83 | Houston | 9 | 20 | 450 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.2 | 50.0 |
| 84 | Oregon State | 6 | 13 | 293 | 22.54 | 0 | 2.2 | 48.8 |
| 85 | Auburn | 8 | 7 | 158 | 22.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.8 |
| 86 | Illinois | 9 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.8 |
| 87 | Kansas State | 9 | 19 | 434 | 22.84 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.2 |
| 87 | NC State | 8 | 19 | 434 | 22.84 | 1 | 2.4 | 54.3 |
| 89 | Tulane | 3 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 |
| 89 | Syracuse | 8 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.3 |
| 89 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 89 | LSU | 8 | 10 | 230 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.8 |
| 89 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.5 |
| 94 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 94 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 96 | West Virginia | 9 | 18 | 427 | 23.72 | 1 | 2.0 | 47.4 |
| 97 | USC | 8 | 12 | 285 | 23.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.6 |
| 98 | Alabama | 9 | 10 | 239 | 23.90 | 1 | 1.1 | 26.6 |
| 99 | Arizona | 9 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| 100 | Rutgers | 8 | 14 | 337 | 24.07 | 1 | 1.8 | 42.1 |
| 101 | Maryland | 8 | 24 | 584 | 24.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 73.0 |
| 102 | UCLA | 9 | 10 | 244 | 24.40 | 1 | 1.1 | 27.1 |
| 103 | James Madison | 2 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.5 |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 104 | Stanford | 9 | 11 | 275 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 30.6 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 104 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 104 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 125 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| 109 | Washington | 9 | 9 | 228 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.3 |
| 109 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 76 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 38.0 |
| 111 | Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.3 |
| 112 | Colorado State | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 8 | 21 | 555 | 26.43 | 1 | 2.6 | 69.4 |
| 114 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 19.3 |
| 115 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 115 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 145 | 29.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 72.5 |
| 118 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 |
| 119 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.0 |
| 120 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 100 | 33.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 50.0 |
| 121 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 67 | 33.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 122 | Clemson | 9 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.7 | 22.9 |
| 123 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 21.0 |
| 124 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 44 | 44.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 44.0 |
| 124 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 88 | 44.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 88.0 |
| 126 | Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 23.0 |
| 127 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 115 | 57.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 57.5 |
| 128 | Army | 1 | 2 | 143 | 71.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 143.0 |